Suffragan diocese Cuddapah, India
Diocese of Cuddapah
Cuddapahen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Cuddapah is a Latin rite diocese in Andhra Pradesh, India, erected in 1976 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad. Its seat is St Mary's Cathedral in Mariapuram. Bishop Paul Prakash Saginala was appointed on 8 March 2025 and ordained on 9 April 2025, ending a long vacancy.
On the map
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- Established
- 1976
- Catholics
- 134,145
- Priests
- 147
- Territory
- 15,359 km²
Parishes and churches
53 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. John ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. John's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. John's ParishTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph's Church, R.S. RoadTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph's R.C.M. ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Louis ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Mother Teresa ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Mother Theresa Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Padre Pio ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Peter and Paul's Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Theresa Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Theresa R.C.M ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Thomas Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Thomas Church, KarunagiriTown not recordedView parish
- St. Vincent De Paul ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Xavier ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St.Joseph Church, (RCM)Town not recordedView parish
- St.Paul's R.C.M. ChurchTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Paul Prakash Saginala
- Born
- 12 June 1961
- Birthplace
- Cuddapah
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The cathedral
St Mary's Cathedral, Mariapuram stands in Cuddapah, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Located in the city of Kadapa in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of kadapa (Latin: kadapahen(sis)) sits within the ecclesiastical province of Hyderabad. At present some 66 parishes serve the 81,580 Catholics of the diocese.